DIY Survival?

[Anonymous No.139656]

DIY Survival thread?

Making useful makeshift objects. Maybe a cooking stove, how to gather water and stuff.. I've seen those two infos, but I need more of others.

[BSO No.139658]

http://rantmedia.ca/patrolling/
free to download

[Anonymous No.140335]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2p9bnOGmSk&feature=related

[Anonymous No.140351]

I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL YOU TRIPFAGS LEAVE

[Anonymous No.140371]

I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL YOU TRIPFAGS LEAVE

[Anonymous No.140393]

I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL YOU TRIPFAGS LEAVE

[Anonymous No.140401]

>>140371
>>140351
>>140393
Fag gtfo

[Anonymous No.140777]

you mean post apocalypse surviving? (picture related?)

btw:
i absolutely LOVED the ultimate survival shotgun on instructables.com - if i was american or if it was easy to have guns here (italianfag) i would build that for me.

on instructables.com there is a large source of surviving basic stuff, check the oak bow, the medieval arrows, a lot of paracord tutorials (really useful to storage a lot of thread-cord and have it easy to get when needed), hobo stoves, and there is also some shit about how gather water with the plastic sheet metod

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140786]

Been thinking about doing a bug out drill where I just grab everything I can right then and start riding as far out innawoods as I can then set up camp for the night, just to kinda test myself and bring any errors to the surface like "man I wish I brought this, or that." Build up to some longer adventures over time. But most importantly by myself with my own equipment.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140793]

http://youtu.be/DV3mNswik-8
How to make a good usable saw with only a sawblade.

[Anonymous No.140794]

Learn to sew.

[Anonymous No.140802]

>>140793
lol this is how are always been made saws here until like 30 years ago

it's effectly a good metod, rotating the stick on the top will tease the blade

[Anonymous No.140805]

>>140786
heard of the guy found dead last week on the scotland highlands?

if it's the first time you try something like that, don't get too far. NO more far from civilitation that 4 hours of walk, i guess.
it's harder than bear grylls make seem, so don't go to far from eventual rescues.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140806]

>>140777
One thing I would like to mention about that survival shotgun guide is he picked a very shitty and unreliable flashlight. To me lighting the darkness is the utmost important part of a survival situation in terms of gear selection obv water and food are more important.

Pick a good lithium ion powered light and bring enough cells to last a good long time, These can be used for signalling as they usually have strobe and SOS functions. Being able to gather firewood and do tasks at night will immensely increase your productivity and in my opinion it is invaluable. Pack a bunch of extra cells in a watertight case or if you are packing heavy bring a solar charging platform.
Here is my everything light.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140809]

>>140805
Oh I know, I already live in the thick of it, id only go a quarter days ride away, (bicycle) just enough to feel secluded for the first few runs.

[M No.140845]

>>140806
I actually don't find flashlights that important. Sure they're great for signaling, but if you're out at night hunting, relying on your own vision is just as good.

I was in the army last year far, far up north. We were out sleeping in tents about two months a year. With temperatures down towards -40 F/C (its acutally the same in both scales, nice). I learnt a great deal about survival during that time. Sure, it might not be that hard surviving when your getting supplies all the way, but still learning how to survive the cold long nights, being up 48 hours straight with little food, and not freezing do death is hard. there are so many little tricks that can really save your ass. And during that time we were never allowed to use flashlights outside, obviously. I never had a problem with it. We would patrol in the middle of the night, but you just gotta let your other senses take over and you can go a long way with just the small amount of light that is always present.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140850]

>>140845
Indeed, but when alerting animals/enemies to your presence is a non issue flashlights are invaluable. I would not use a flashlight to hunt at night, only for basic everyday tasks that it would be nice to have light for. Just for that it is worth its weight in gold in my opinion, there are much smaller lights out there that would be good too like AAA and cr123 lights, very compact, very light, very useful. There's no question that you should have /something/ and that /something/ should be reliable right?

[M No.140872]

As far as flashlights go, I have found the old lightbulb kind to be much more reliable than any new LED light that I have tested. They usually work great at first, but after a while they start struggeling with poor connection. It seems nothing can beat my trusty old maglite when it comes to reliability.
I have heard some theories as to why this is. As the LED lights draws a lot less power, a smaller charge is making its way to the LED. that means the charge is easely affected by resistance between the surfaces of the connecting metal parts. The charge will not be able to overcome corrosion between the battery and the connectors.

This theory makes sense to me, but I'm no expert. And I have not tested any real high end LED lights yet.

[Anonymous No.140888]

bawmp

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140893]

>>140872
This is exactly why I push people to get quality torches. Mag lights are definitely reliable but i have been carrying my trusty fenix ta-30 for almost 3 years now with nothing but good news to report. One time i tested the light by smacking it repeatedly into an oak tree emitter end first as hard as I humanly could, to the point where my bare hands were starting to bleed. Dual stage springs on either end of the batteries absorbed all the impact admirably, and if it werent for the very cheap cells I was using in the light at the time (tynergy 123's) everything would have been fine, but I actually ended up smacking it so hard that some of the batteries began to leak, after cleaning up that mess the light keeps ticking with no problems, also modern XM-L emitters can be driven to upwards of 15 watts. I don't think your maglight pulls that much... Now on the other hand, i have a bunch of experience with cheap led lights too, and i have absolutely nothing but contacting problems with them, the anodizing on the screw-threads is usually shotty which leads to flickery lights, poor battery connections etc.
THIS IS NOT A COMMON TREND WITH REPUTABLE LIGHT MANUFACTURERS.
I think you have been buying lights at REI/wallmart/grocery stores and expecting to get quality electronics, one thing I absolutely love about modern led lights is they maintain maximum bringhtness to the absolute end of the cell, Full brightnes then all of a sudden it drops down into "survival" mode which only throws out a couple lumens for another few hours till the cell is 100% stone cold.
Incandescent mag-lights do not have current regulation circuits.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140895]

>>140872
I strongly urge you to look into good brands and propper modern lights.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?323091-Sunwayman-V20C-Variable-(XM-L-1x18650-2xCR
123A)-Review-RUNTIMES-BEAMSHOTS-VIDEO&highlight=v20c
Check out this review to get an idea of what I'm talking about, in more cases than not the machining/anodizing/tollerances/contact points on these lights from china are better than the domestically produced maglight.
Here's a picture porn thread for your enjoyment, just look at the stellar craftsmanship on these lights.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?311104-Photos-of-your-lights

[Anonymous No.140928]

So there you are, dropped buck naked into the freezing Alaskan wilderness and left for dead. You have 30 minutes before you freeze to death. What the fuck do you do, hotshot? WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU DO?

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140930]

>>140928
Honestly? probably just die.
What is the correct answer?

[Anonymous No.140936]

>>140930

That's probably the correct answer. I'd probably try to build a longfire and then work on a shelter. One could probably survive that if they stayed dry and got a fire up fast, buying time for more long term solutions to your nakedness in freezing weather.

[Anonymous No.140937]

Anyone here tried ice bathing before btw?
I did it on a frozen river in the army once. It was about -15C/5F that night. The incredible thing about it is that as soon as you hit the water, your body goes straight into panic mode and starts to create as much heat as it possibly can. Meaning that as soon as you get some dry clothes on, you are warm again. About 5 minutes after the bathing I had gotten on dry clothes and I was feeling pretty warm.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140938]

>>140936
Id probably try a bunch of things, but I don't think it would work. in the long run, You have no fabrics of any kind, no cooking vessel, no food, no water without any of the essentials survival is neigh impossible.

[M No.140939]

>>140937
M here btw

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140941]

>>140938
It pretty much straight up comes down to whether or not you can get a fire started before you die. IF you manage to get a fire going I could see it working out. MAYBE

[Anonymous No.140947]

Lol cooking vessel? Not anywhere close to a survival priority. Food can wait for days.

Once you get your fire up, you've got water from snow and a shot at survival. Coat your skin in mud and dead plant material to reduce windchill and hold onto your body heat longer.

Create a spear or ten, dig a large game trap and catch a moose or sheep and wear its hide. Spend all energy catching small game with stone fall traps and gathering tinder to keep your fires up until you can clothe yourself.

Then build a huge sea kayak out of a burnt out log, float to the ocean, get picked up by a fishing vessel, and go save the president.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140949]

>>140947
You don't think I actually think a cooking vessel will be the determiner of your fate do you?

[Anonymous No.140950]

>>140949

You brought it up, so yes.

[Pinzfag, /k/'s resident flashaholic No.140952]

>>140950
When I pack to survive I generally consider a cooking vessel to be essential. So I guess I kinda grouped that in as an item you would carry in an "essentials survivor kit" with some other things that go without saying like a wool blanket, cordage, fire-starting materials etc. I know it seems like I implied having one would make a difference in that specific situation but I don't actually feel that way.